Bridgestone Americas Jobs

Company Overview

Wherever you work and whatever role you fill, when you represent the Bridgestone name you know that you are a valued teammate who is part of our larger mission to “Serve Society with Superior Quality.” We start by offering each teammate more than just a salary. We provide formal training, competitive performance incentives, paid vacation and holidays, healthcare packages for full-time and part-time employees, and a 401k plan to help build your future.

We believe people can only provide superior service and quality to others when they are allowed to bring their whole selves to work and know they are supported. We believe in championing all perspectives, individuals and teams because we understand the importance of seeing the world and our business through many different lenses. We are building a team as diverse as the world we serve. So, show us what you’re made of. Show us the smart stuff, the tough stuff, the bold, beautiful and brave stuff. Because who you are is what we need.

Bridgestone Americas, Inc. is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee and is the U.S. subsidiary of Bridgestone Corporation headquartered in Japan. Bridgestone Americas and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture and market a wide range of Bridgestone, Firestone and associate brand products to address the needs of a broad range of customers and industries.

Job Category

Engineering & Science

Position Summary

An internal teammate has been identified as a preferred candidate for this role. While all applications will be reviewed, the hiring manager may choose not to hold interviews and select the preferred candidate. In this case, all internal applicants will be notified of the decision.

This position will lead capital portfolio execution and engineering functional excellence via leadership of an engineering team. The engineering manager will direct a team of 5 to 7 engineers and Co-Op that supports manufacturing operations in the Calendering and Extrusion process areas throughout the Americas. In this role, the manager will execute on the direction supplied by PSD Management to ensure compliance to ISO 9001/IATF 16949 for projects and departmental activities as well will support the Senior Manager to develop and execute the annual goals of the department and to provide technical and professional guidance for department teammates. Expected travel is 25 to 50% both domestic and international.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities

• Plan and advise on annual department budgets and manage yearly expense to the finalized budget.

• Manage expenses to maintain yearly budgets.

• Support reporting teammates to successfully meet project deliverables OTOS, Establishing & Achieving the scope, schedule & budget, as well as quality and safety objectives.

• Contributes to the planning and development of engineering strategy and provides technical leadership for the area of the organization to which they are assigned.

• Prepares monthly BAMG updates for applicable projects.

• Develops and ensures adoption of short to mid-term strategy/results and execution of functional strategy for the operational direction of the department.

• Oversees continuous improvement, automation, and implementation of best practice activities.

• Supports relationships through effective communication and negotiation skills with internal and external stakeholders.

• Influences, coaches, and develops direct reports/teams.

• Manage teammate workloads to achieve resource balancing across the department given project demand.

• Generate performance reviews and provide quarterly input on the performance of teammates for discipline in functional area.

• Coordinates activities with other units including Safety, NA/LA Plants, PED, CIM, Procurement, Finance, LSCM, and Quality.

• Develops cost estimates for assigned projects with other functional leaders and technical support staff.

• Verifies projects are compliant with international, national, and local codes (electrical, fire & safety).

• Propose new, improve, and maintain current BSAM Engineering Standards and deploy to the BATO plants.

• Collaborate with PSD community members in development of systems and tools for management of activities across the department

• Develop and support training of PSD community and affected BAMG facilities to ISO 9001/IATF 16949 requirements and processes used within BAMG to maintain and document this compliance

• Audit the PSD community and affected BAMG facilities for compliance to ISO 9001/IATF 16949, focusing on usage of tools developed to ensure compliance to the standard

Qualifications Required

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering.

• 10+ years of engineering experience.

• 5+ years manufacturing experience.

• 5+ years managerial experience.

• Strong track record of leadership.

Preferred

• Master’s Degree (MBA or MS)

• Engineering and/or maintenance management experience in tire plants

• Multi-lingual: English, French, Spanish and Portuguese.

• PMP Certified

• FS Eng. (TÜV Rheinland)

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree; 6 y+ years of relevant experience including 3-5 years management or direct/indirect leadership experience Or Master's degree; 4+ years of relevant experience including 2-4 years management or direct/indirect leadership experience

Bridgestone is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. It is our policy to consider for employment all individuals regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

Employment Eligibility

If hired, a Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification must be completed at the start of employment. Temporary work authorization or the need for sponsorship may disqualify you from employment.